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FEED REGULATOR.

No. 302,501. Patented July 22, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EricE.

FREDERICK KRUSE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FEED-REGULATOR.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,501, dated July22, 1884.

" Application filed April 1!), 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KRUSE, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inFeed-Regulators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, formingpart of this specification, and in which Figure l is a plan view, thetop and feedspout being omitted. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 isan end view, and Fig. 4. is a vertical transverse section taken on theline 4. 4, Fig. 2.

My invention relates to an apparatus for l feeding flounrolls,middlings-purifiers, and

for use for all such purposes where an even distribution of feed isrequired, and is adapted either for grain or ground stuff.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame or trough of theconveyer, B the shaft, and O the flights.

B represents a driving-pulley on the shaft B, and D represents afeed-spout.

In the front wall of the conveyer-trough is an opening, I, at the lowerpart of which is an inclined longitudinal strip, J, over which thematerial is thrown in a thin sheet, as shown by the arrows in Figs. 1,2, and 4. The ma terial is raised by the flights of the conveyer untilit comes to the opening I, when it is discharged, and the strip J beinginclined highest at the head or feed end of the apparatus,

1. In a feed-regulator, the combination of the trough A, having itsfront wall formed with a longitudinal slot, I, and a conveyer todischarge the material through the wall-slot in a thin sheet, as setforth.

2. The combination of the trough, having an opening in its front wall,conveyor, and adjustable inclined strip, over which the conveyerdischarges the material in a thin uni form sheet, substantially as shownand described, for the purpose set forth.

The combination of the trough having an opening in its front wall,conveyor, and adjustable inclined strip, and a screw at each end, thematerial being discharged by the conveyer in a thin uniform sheet,substantially as shown and described.

' FREDERICK. KEUSE.

In presence of GEo. H. KNIGHT. SAML. KNrenr.

